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Hayek's Plan for Private Money

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Hayek’s last proposal for monetary reform calls for privately issued, competing fiat currencies. It's debatable whether or not this is a good idea.
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How Government-Owned Streets Prevent Effective Law Enforcement

Blog09/12/2020

“Taking back the streets” ought to mean privatizing them and enabling property owners to defend their property. This would be the surest way to end the riots.

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It's Far Too Late to Think Lockdowns Can Make Covid-19 Go Away

Blog09/12/2020

Far from stopping the spread of covid-19, lockdowns, only push deaths into the future. Unless a vaccine is imminent or a 100 percent total lockdown is imposed, lockdown won't cause big reductions in total deaths.

From 9/11 to Covid-19: Nineteen Years of Permanent "Emergency"

Blog09/11/2020

Whether we're commanded to trust the experts, abandon the rule of law, or venerate government for "keeping us safe," the 9/11 panic and our current crisis have many things in common.

Man, Economy, and State: The Finale

09/11/2020Audio/Video

We have reached the end of Murray Rothbard's definitive treatise Man, Economy, and State! 

Risk and Uncertainty

Blog09/11/2020

The distinction between risk and uncertainty is a key tenet of the Austrian school. Mainstream neoclassicists reject it.

Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Is Unethical and Unscientific

Blog09/11/2020

We are fortunate to have vaccines as options in many cases. But mandatory vaccination can never be justified. If a vaccine were clearly 100 percent efficacious and 100 percent safe, there would be no need for coercion; people would voluntarily line up to take it.

Governments Never Give Up Power Voluntarily

Blog09/10/2020

"Politically there is nothing more advantageous for a government than an attack on property rights, for it is always an easy matter to incite the masses against the owners of land and capital."

The Fed’s New Policy Risks a Return of the 1970s

Blog09/10/2020

The Fed has abandoned its own rules on "price stability" in order to favor what are essentially higher inflation targets. The Fed is now headed down a road it traveled in the 1970s.

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